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Off Quotes by Robert Frost
- Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business.
- Never discuss the poem you contemplate writing. It's like turning on the outside spigot. It takes all the pressure off the upstairs bathroom.
- It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
- Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.
- The Armful For every parcel I stoop down to seize I lose some other off my arms and knees, And the whole pile is slipping,…
- In A Glass of Cider It seemed I was a mite of sediment That waited for the bottom to ferment So I could catch a…
- The Master Speed No speed of wind or water rushing by but you have speed far greater. You can climb back up a stream of…
- The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day. When the sun is out and the…
- It looks as if Some pallid thing had squashed its features flat And its eyes shut with overeagerness To see what people found so interesting…
- The mountain pushed us off her knees. And now her lap is full of trees.
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